92TXT4R
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hey guys....great site!! A little back story.....
When I was a teenager, my uncle had a 1989 Toyota SR5 4x4 pickup. I fell in love w/ the thing and drove it during the summer when I'd visit. I then somewhere along the way decided I liked the 4Runner even more. Well...as luck would have it, I just got home from Iraq/Afghanistan (gov. contractor, ex-military) and went up to my family's property to go hunting and spend a week. It had been raining and I got my 3/4ton Ford stuck....for the last time. (This wasn't the first time). I told myself right then and there I was gonna go home and find me a 4Runner online somewhere. I go to craigslist and there she is...a 1992 SR5 4x4....for 1200.00!! Add said "has slight engine knock". I go and look at the truck...it's in GREAT shape. The interior looks like it rolled out of the factory yesterday. I figure, if I've gotta drop a fresh motor in it at some point, I'm still ahead of the game. I suspect the "knocking" is a bad knock sensor as it only makes the sound at certain RPMs at certain throttle positions.
I've since dumped a couple of hundred bucks into her....new stereo head unit, two new speakers to replace the old dry rotted ones in the rear, new shocks all the way around, new plugs, new air filter, oil change, seafoam, etc. etc. etc.
Anyway....here she is...my $1200.00 rig....
When I was a teenager, my uncle had a 1989 Toyota SR5 4x4 pickup. I fell in love w/ the thing and drove it during the summer when I'd visit. I then somewhere along the way decided I liked the 4Runner even more. Well...as luck would have it, I just got home from Iraq/Afghanistan (gov. contractor, ex-military) and went up to my family's property to go hunting and spend a week. It had been raining and I got my 3/4ton Ford stuck....for the last time. (This wasn't the first time). I told myself right then and there I was gonna go home and find me a 4Runner online somewhere. I go to craigslist and there she is...a 1992 SR5 4x4....for 1200.00!! Add said "has slight engine knock". I go and look at the truck...it's in GREAT shape. The interior looks like it rolled out of the factory yesterday. I figure, if I've gotta drop a fresh motor in it at some point, I'm still ahead of the game. I suspect the "knocking" is a bad knock sensor as it only makes the sound at certain RPMs at certain throttle positions.
I've since dumped a couple of hundred bucks into her....new stereo head unit, two new speakers to replace the old dry rotted ones in the rear, new shocks all the way around, new plugs, new air filter, oil change, seafoam, etc. etc. etc.
Anyway....here she is...my $1200.00 rig....
